Constant horsepower internal combustion engines



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THEIR ATTORNEYS United States Patent US. CI. 60-13 4 Claims ABSTRACT OFTHE DISCLOSURE An internal combustion engine of the compression ignitiontype having a turbocharger and fuel control system such that whenmatched with a transmission having a relatively small number ofspeed-change ratios therein provides enhanced vehicle performancethrough the generation of a substantially constant horsepower output ofthe engine throughout the normal operating range of the engine, theturbocharger being related to the fuel system to produce a scavengingnegative pressure in the range of maximum governed operating speeds ofthe engine, thereby providing a more suitable air-fuel ratio in thehigher speed ranges and preventing overspeeding of the turbocharger.

This invention relates to improvements in compression ignition engines,and particularly to improvements in engines capable of developing asubstantially constant horsepower output through the operating range ofengine speeds.

Diesel engines for commercial vehicle application have been and continueto be developed for improved smokelimited output without sacrifice inoperating economies. In order to improve the operation of vehicles withsuch engines, development initially was in the direction of increasedpiston displacement, higher operating speeds and the like. By addingsuperchargers or turbochargers to such engines it was possible toincrease very appreciably the horsepower output of an engine withoutincreasing its piston displacement. However, increases in the horsepowerof an engine for a commercial vehicle which operates under heavy loadsdo not solve the problem of efficiently utilizing the horsepower for thepropulsion of the vehicle. This can only be accompilshed through themedium of a multi-speed transmission and even then only if a great manyspeed ratios are provided in the transmission.

Recognizing that the complexity of the transmission can be reduced ifthe horsepower output of the engine can be maintained constant, effortswere made to produce such constant horsepower output by reducing theamount of fuel supplied to the cylinders in the approximate upper halfof the operating speed range of the engine. This rendered the horsepoweroutput of the engine more uniform but also reduced the maximumhorsepower output of the engine so that little was gained by such adevelopment. More recently, an engine was developed for railroad typediesel engines in which a turbocharger or supercharger was used togetherwith a controlled fuel feed to the engine cylinders whereby the poweroutput at the lower end of the operating speed range is increased whilethe maximum power output of the engine at the top of the engineoperating r.p.m. range also is maintained above that of a naturallyaspirated engine of the same characteristics. This engine is describedin a paper entitled The Paxman Hi-Dyne Engine for Diesel Traction by D.M. Pierce-presented to the International Combustion Engine Congress atthe Hague on May 24, 1955. While substantially improved performance withrespect to constant horsepower output was obtained with the Paxmanengine, it did not satisfy requirements for automotive vehicles and thelike for the reason 3,487,634 Patented Jan. 6, 1970 that theturbochargers then available were not capable of supplying air to theengine efficiently in the lower operating speed range of the enginewithout danger of overspeeding in the high operating speed range of theengine, and particularly at high altitude.

Engines which make use of improved turbocharger constructions aredescribed more particularly in our US. Patent No. 3,289,661 dated Dec.6, 1966. The engine described in this patent is a great step forward inthe development of constant horsepower engines because of theavailability of improved turbochargers and fuel control techniquesenabling the engine to be used with a five or six speed transmissioneven for a propelling vehicle having a gross vehicle load or weight ofmany tons, thereby greatly easing the task of the driver and achievingsubstantial operating economies.

The present invention is an improvement over the engines disclosed inthe Pierce article and our prior patent in that it enables bettermatching of the turbocharger to the fuel control system and engine andwith an improved control over the operation of the turbocharger so thatit will not overspeed in the high operating r.p.m. range of the engineor under high altitude conditions, and also provides better control ofthe engine output so that a transmission matched to the engine greatlyfacilitates the operation of a vehicle utilizing such an engine andtransmission.

More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, the newengine is provided with a turbocharger having an exhaust gas driventurbine section of the divided volute type to which gas is delivered bya divided manifold system, and further providing a governor controlsystem for the fuel injection pump which essentially provides a constantor slightly increasing horsepower output, as the purpose demands, fromthe low end of the operating r.p.m. range to the upper end of theoperating range of the engine and which provides a better control overthe cylinder pressures and the scavenging pressures in the system andbetter utilization of the fuel supply in the system.

For a better understanding of the present'invention, reference may behad to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a schematic side elevational view of a typical engineembodying the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view of the turbine of the turbocharger;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the fuel control camand fulcrum lever for regulating the supply of fuel to the engine;

FIGURE 5 is a view in section through one of the cylinders and a pistonof the engine;

FIGURE 6 is a chart illustrating the performance curve of a typicalengine as related to the turbocharger speeds in accordance with thepresent invention;

FIGURE 7 is a chart illustrating the specific fuel consumptionconditions under all speeds and loads of an engine in accordance withthe present invention;

FIGURE 8 is a chart illustrating the fuel delivery of the new engine ascompared with the fuel delivery of a conventionally turbocharged engine;

FIGURE 9 is a chart comparing the air flow of the new engine with theair flow supplied to a conventionally turbocharged engine;

FIGURES 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D and 10B are charts illustrating otherperformance characteristics of the engine;

FIGURE 11 is a chart showing the movement of the fuel control rack ofthe new engine as compared with the movement of the fuel control rack ofa conventionally turbocharged engine;

FIGURE 12 is a chart showing the scavenging effect of a conventionalturbocharger on a conventionally turbocharged engine;

FIGURE 13 is a chart showing the scavenging effect of a divided voluteturbocharger on a conventionally turbocharged engine;

FIGURE 14 is a chart showing the scavenging effect of the fuel controlsystem and turbocharger on the engine embodying the present invention;and

FIGURE 15 is a chart showing pressure diagrams of several differenttypes of engines including the engine embodying the present invention.

For purposes of illustration, a six cylinder diesel or compressionignition engine 10 is schematically illustrated, this engine by way ofexample having a 4% inch bore by 6 inch stroke and having a 672 cubicinch piston displacement. The normal operating range of this engine forpropelling a vehicle is between 1200 and 2100 r.p.m. with an idlingspeed of 600 r.p.m. or lower. The fuel injection system 11 for theengine is of conventional type purchased on open market and includes apump, such as, for example, the APE 6 BB fuel injection pump,manufactured by American Bosch Arma Corporation, which is provided witha fuel pump governor generally of the type manufactured by AmericanBosch Arma Corporation and identified as the GVB/ C governorconventionally supplied with the pump. The fuel injection system andgovernor are illustrated in greater detail in our Patent No. 3,289,661.

For reasons which will be explained hereinafter and as disclosed inFIGURE of the drawings, the pistons 12 of the engine moving in thecylinders 13 and connected in the usual way by means of a connecting rod14 to the crankshaft of the engine (not shown), are provided with apiston cooling system including a jet 15 mounted on the engine block fordirecting oil against the under surface of the piston to cool it. Anyconventional type of oil pump may be used for supplying the oil to thejets from the crankcase of the engine.

A most important feature of the engine is the form of turbocharger usedfor supplying combustion supporting air to the cylinders of the engine.Referring to FIGURE 2 of the drawings, separate exhaust manifolds 17 and18 are provided, one manifold receiving exhaust gases from the frontthree cylinders of the engine and the other receiving exhaust gases fromthe rear three cylinders of the engine and supplying them to aturbocharger 19 which includes a turbine 20 and a blower 21. The ends ofthe manifolds may be connected to a flange 23 which is bolted orotherwise engaged to an end flange 24 on the volute casing 25 of theturbine 20. As best seen in FIG. 3, the volute is provided with acenter, radially extending partition plate 26 which terminates at itsinner edge closely adjacent to the rotor 27 of the turbine 20 so thatthe exhaust gas pulses from the cylinders are kept separate almost up tothe time that the gases enter the pockets between the vanes on theturbine rotor 27. Turbines of the type described are available fromAiResearch Corporation and the Schwitzer Corporation and are disclosed,for example, in the Cazier Patent No. 3,292,364 dated Dec. 20, 1966, andthe Connor Patent No. 3,270,495 dated Sept. 6, 1966. Such turbochargersare much more eflicient than prior turbochargers at low gas velocitiesand volumes and consequently are well suited to supplying air to theintake manifold 29 of the engine by means of the blower 21 which may beof the conventional radial flow, vane or vaneless type.

Turbochargers of the type described as applied to the new engine haveperformance characteristics illustrated in FIGURE 6 of the drawings. Thecurve M shows the lowest engine speeds lie well within the maximumcompressor efficiency island of 70%. At higher engine speeds theefficiency decreases to a minimum of approximately 60% at 2100 r.p.m.Also, as indicated by the performance curve M, the maximum turbine speedis 75,000 r.p.m. which allows more than a required safety factor foraltitude compensation. The lower efficiency in the higher speed rangeswould appear to be detrimental to engine performance but actually is oflittle consequence since as explained hereinafter the air-fuel ratio isso high and thermal efliciency is so good.

The turbocharger 19 may be conveniently mounted above the cylinder headof the engine with the intake 30 of the compressor directed suitably forconnection with an air cleaner or the like. The exhaust port 31 of theturbine is connected to the usual exhaust system for the engine.

The fuel control governor system for the fuel injection pump differsfrom that conventionally supplied with the fuel pump and also from thatdisclosed in our prior Patent No. 3,289,661 in the arrangement .of themaximum fuel flow cam plate 32 (FIGURE 4) and the fulcrum lever 33. Asillustrated in FIGURE 4, the fulcrum lever 33 is connected by means of apivoted link 34 to the rack 35 which controls the amount of fuelinjected for each combustion stroke. The zero position of the rack 35occurs at 2100 r.p.m. full load. The cam plate 32 is mounted forvertical adjustment in a slide or guide 36 and can be adjusted by meansof a screw 37 received in a flange 38 on the cam plate and engageahlewith the upper end of the guide 36 or threaded into it.

The cam 32 includes a downwardly and leftwardly inclined surface 39merging into a downwardly and rightwardly inclined surface 40, avertical surface 41 and a downwardly and rightwardly inclined surface42, from top to bottom. A fulcrum lever is provided with a cam nose 43for cooperation with the cam surfaces 39 and 40 and a droop screw 44which, under certain conditions, cooperates with the cam surface 42. Atthe maximum limit determined by governed speed, the cam nose 43 is tightagainst the cam plate 32 from about 2100 r.p.m. down to approximately1200 r.p.m., so that as the engine speed decreases, the amount of fuelsupplied to the engine increases. At about 1200 r.p.m., the droop screw44 engages the surface 42 due to the action of the governor fulcrumlever tending to move the cam nose away from the plate and into the offor idling position of the rack, as shown in FIGURE 4. Between 2100 and1400 r.p.m., the cam nose 43 engages the cam slope 40 and rides on tothe peak between the cam surfaces 39 and 40 at 1400 and down the slope39 until 1200 r.p.m. is reached so that the rack moves in a direction toincrease the fuel supply until the droop screw 44 takes over byengagement with the cam surface 42. In this way, an effective control ofthe fuel for the various operating ranges is achieved. For a bettervisualization of the action of the cam, reference may be had to FIGURE11 in which the curve A illustrates the fuel supply rack movementbetween 2100 and 900 r.p.m. in accordance with the present invention.The curve B illustrates the conventional rack movement with aconventionally turbocharged engine in which the fuel supply is increasedas the engine speed increases between about 800 and 2100 r.p.m. It willbe clear, therefore, that with the present governor control, the amountof fuel is progressively increased as the engine speed decreases andthen decreases below the peak torque speed of 1200 r.p.m.

The specific fuel consumption with the new engine is illustrated by thecurve C, FIGURE 7, which shows that, at full throttle, economy variesfrom approximately .350 lbs./b.h.p./hr. at 1000 r.p.m. to a minimum of.333 at 1400 r.p.m., and then increases to a maximum of about 379 at2100 r.p.m. The specific fuel consumption islands are large, therebyshowing that the engine is very economical even under considerablyreduced loads. The almost ideal full throttle conditions as related tothe specific fuel consumption attest to the good match between theurbocharger and the fuel injection system as related to combustionefficiency.

A further indication of the fuel and air flow is illustrated by thecurve D in FIGURE 8, wherein the fuel delivery in cubic millimeters perstroke is a maximum of approximately 190 at 1100 to 1200 r.p.m. andslowly decreases with increasing speed to a minimum of 145 to 2100r.p.m.

Curve E illustrates the fuel flow in cubic millimeters per stroke with aconventionally turbocharged engine in which the fuel flow is at amaximum of approximately 152 cubic millimeters per stroke at 1800 r.p.m.and minimums of slightly under 140 cubic millimeters at both 1000 and2100 r.p.m. Accordingly, while the flow for both engines is essentiallythe same at the higher speeds, the difference is very :marked at thelower speeds with the new engine showing approximately one-third morefuel flow in the range of 1000 to 1300 r.p.m.

Air flow supplied by the turbocharger described above is illustrated incurve F in FIGURE 9 in which maximum flow occurs at about 1400 r.p.m.with decreasing flow at lower and higher r.p.ms.

Curve G (FIGURE 9) illustrates the air flow with a conventionallyturbocharged engine again showing a difference between the air flows ofthe new engine and a conventionally turbocharged engine in the lowerspeed ranges of approximately 30% and illustrating the close matching ofthe air flow to the fuel flow in the new engine.

Other performance characteristics are illustrated in FIGURES A, 10B,10C, 10D and 10B. Here again, the air flow and fuel flow are relativelyhigh in the low speed range as shown by curves I and H in FIGURES 10Band 10D, and the air-fuel ratio as shown by curve I in FIGURE 10C isnormal for exhaust smoke control with a minimum of 19:1 at 1000 r.p.m.and a maximum of 28:1 at the higher speeds. Curve K in FIGURE 10A showsthat exhaust temperatures are at a maximum of 1300" F. at 1000 r.p.m.with a minimum of slightly over 1100 F. at 1800 r.p.m. In the operatingranges of 1400 and higher, cooling of the pistons with oil jets isdesirable, as illustrate din FIGURE 5 of the drawings.

FIGURE 10B illustrates in curve L that the engine has excellent thermalefficiency with a peak of about 41% at 1400 r.p.m. and minimums of about39% at 1000 r.p.m. and about 37% at 2100 r.p.m.

Of particular importance in the matching of the turbocharger to theengine is the scavenging effect produced by the turbocharger and thefuel control system in the new engine. By way of comparison, FIGURE 12illustrates the inlet charging pressure curve N and the exhaust backpressure curve 0 in a 211 horsepower engine having a turbochargerincluding an undivided volute turbine. The maximum scavengingdifferential is approximately 1.5 inches of mercury so that very littlescavenging effect is obtained. These were the best conditions obtainablewith the turbochargers available about ten years ago. A more modern 250horsepower engine provided with a turbocharger of the type shown inFIGURES 2 and 3 and including a vaned diffuser in the compressor but notutilizing the fuel control scavenging pressure as illustrated in FIGURE13 in which curve P is the charging pressure and curve Q is the backpressure. Thus, a maximum scavenging of above 8 inches of mercury occursat about 1700 r.p.m. and a scavenging differential of 6 to 8" Hg occursthroughout the operating speed range with the result that the turbinespeed is greatly increased and over-speeding can occur at high altitudesand at higher engine speeds.

As illustrated in FIGURE 14, and in accordance with the presentinvention, the charging pressure curve R and the back pressure curve Shave a maximum scavenging differential of about 8 inches of mercury inthe low speed range, that is, between about 1000 and 1400 r.p.m., whichdecreases to provide a negative scavenging pressure in the range betweenabout 1800 and .2100 r.p.m. The decreased or negative scavengingpressure acts somewhat in the manner of a waste gate in reducing thespeed of the turbocharger.

The performance improvements of the order described above areaccompanied by rather marked increases in peak cylinder firingpressures. In a naturally aspirated engine of the same displacement, thepeak firing pressure is approximately 1200 pounds per square inch, whilein a conventional type of turbocharged engine, the cylinder pressure isincreased to about 1500 pounds per square inch at 2100 r.p.m. Ascompared with the above, the new engine, because of its torquecharacteristics, has a maximum firing pressure of approximately 1900pounds per square inch in the peak torque range which diminishes withincreased speed to approximately 1580 pounds per square inch.

Another difference between the new engine and prior engines isillustrated by the curves in FIGURE 15 disclosing the pressure timediagrams of four different types of engines at 1200 r.p.m. In a naturalaspirated engine at 176 horsepower output the curve T shows that themaximum rate of pressure rise is on the order of approximately poundsper square inch per degree and occurs at about 7 before top center. Whenthis engine was turbocharged in the conventional manner, the compressionratio was reduced from 15.8 to 14.8 and in spite of the added chargingpressure and the higher peak cylinder firing pressures, the rate ofpressure rise was lower as shown in curve U, being 84 pounds per squareinch per degree for a lower output turbocharged engine. In a higherhorsepower engine, i.e., a 250 horsepower engine, the curve V shows thatthe rate of pressure rise was approximately 92 pounds per square inchper degree. The engine, in accordance with the present invention, evenat the very high output at 1200 r.p.m., only has 100 pounds per squareinch per degree rate of rise in the range of 5 to 10 before top center.Other interesting aspects of these curves are the fact that the actualpoint of peak cylinder firing pressure occurs closer to top dead centeras the output is increased and the rate of pressure rise on the enginedisclosed herein is no greater than the rate of pressure rise on alow-output naturally aspirated engine.

The increased loading applied by the peak cylinder firing pressure inthe new engine requires some engine modifications. Thus, the area of theconnecting rod bearings, as well as the crankshaft bearings and thesupporting webs therefor, should be increased, and in order to avoidmushrooming of the valves under the high peak cylinder pressures, thevalves can be appropriately reinforced.

From the foregoing, it will be clear that the new engine has the fueland air supply balanced by the new fuel control system and theturbocharger so that a high power output is developed throughout theentire operating engine speed range, with due regard to smoke control,and high thermal efiiciency as well as improved fuel economy areobtained.

With this engine, a relatively simple transmission can be providedhaving five forward speeds to give complete control and utilization ofpower throughout the entire operating range of the engine and undervarious conditions of load and terrain. The ratios in the transmissionare approximately equally spaced in view of the performancecharacteristics of the engine and shifts need not be made until theengine speed drops to about 1240 r.p.m. instead of the more usual 1800r.p.m. with conventionally turbocharged engines. In other words, the newengine with a five speed forward transmission provides vehicleperformance, under the same conditions, equal to that of a fifteen speedtransmission with a conventionally turbocharged engine.

We claim:

1. A turbocharged internal combustion engine having a substantiallyuniform horsepower output over a range of useful operating speedscomprising an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylindersand pistons reciprocable therein, fuel-injecting means for supplyingfuel to said engine for combustion therein, operator-controlled meansfor regulating the supply of fuel to said engine, engine-speedcontrolled means for regulating the maximum fuel charge supplied to saidengine, means in said engine-speed controlled means for progressivelyincreasing the maximum fuel charge supplied to said engine as the enginespeed decreases throughout the range of useful operating speeds anddecreasing the fuel supply in the idling speed range of said engine, aplurality of exhaust manifolds for said engine, said exhaust manifoldsreceiving exhaust gases from different engine cylinders, a turbochargerhaving a turbine and a blower, said blower supplying air to saidcylinders for supporting combustion of fuel in said cylinders, saidturbine having a rotor inincluding vanes providing spaces therebetweenand separate gas passages connected to each manifold for separatelyconducting and directing exhaust gases against said vanes and into thespaces therebetween, said engine-speed controlled means and saidturbocharger supplying fuel and air to said engine in proportion toproduce a negative scavenging pressure in the higher useful operatingspeeds of said engine and an increasing positive scavenging pressure asthe engine speed decreases below said higher speeds thereby matching theincreasing fuel charge with decreasing engine speed to provide asubstantially constant horsepower output throughout said range of useful operating speeds.

2. The engine set forth in claim 1 in which said exhaust gases andscavenging pressures maintain the rotary speed of said turbochargerwithin safe limits throughout said range of operating speeds and at allaltitudes Without venting said exhaust gases.

3. The engine set forth in claim 1 in which said engine has higherpiston temperatures in the higher range of engine operating speeds andcomprising jets for directing coolant against said pistons.

4. The engine set forth in claim 1 in which said enginespeed controlledmeans comprises a fuel control slide, an engine-speed governor formoving said slide, a lever movable with said slide, and a cam memberhaving separate surfaces engaged by said lever in the useful operatingspeed range and the idling speed range for controlling the maximum fuelcharge.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,758,584 8/1956 Hogeman 123-14032,811,826 11/1957 Alcock 60-13 3,289,661 12/1966 May 123-140 3,292,36412/1966 Cazier 60-13 3,421,486 1/1969 Parrish 12314() BENJAMIN W. WYCHEIII, Primary Examiner DOUGLAS HART, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.

"M050 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No.3,487,634 D t d January 6, 1970 Inventor) W. M. May at al.

It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent andthat said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Col. 1, line 46, "accomplished" is misspelled;

Col. 4, line 67 "379" should read .379

Col. 4, line 72, urbocharger" should read turEocEarger Col. 5, line 3,"145 to" should read 145 at Col. 5, line 37, "illustrate din" shouldread illustrated in and Col. 5, line 56 the following should be insertedafter "control" governor shown in Figure 4 produces a very high positiveSigned and sealed this 8th day of June 1971 (SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD M.FLETGHER,JR. WILLIAM E. SGHUYLER, JR. Atteating OfficerCommissioner .of Patents

